EX-99.7 8 d570829dex997.htm EX-99.7

Exhibit 99.7

CERTIFICATE

To accompany the technical report entitled: “Feasibility Study of the Rainy River Gold Project, Ontario, Canada” originally dated May 23, 2013, effective April 10, 2013 and subsequently readdressed to New Gold Inc. on July 31, 2013 (the “Technical Report”).

I, Adam Coulson, Ph.D., P. Eng., as a co-author of the Technical Report, do hereby certify that:

1) | I am currently employed as a Senior Associate Rock Mechanics Engineer and Rock Engineering Group Manager in the consulting firm AMEC Environment & Infrastructure, a division of AMEC Americas Ltd.:

160 Traders Blvd. E.,

Suite 110

Mississauga, Ontario L4Z 3K7 Canada

2) | I graduated with a B.Eng, from Camborne School of Mines, UK in 1990; obtained a MSc. (Eng) from Queens University, Canada in 1996; and a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto, Canada in 2009;

3) | I am a member in good standing of the Professional Engineers of Ontario (Member No. 100049242) and of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum (Member No. 146473). I have practiced my profession continuously since my graduation. I have been employed in mining operations, consulting engineering and rock mechanics research for over 22 years;

4) | I visited the site on January 24 to 27, 2012;

5) | I have read the definition of “qualified person” set out in the NI 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”) and certify that, by reason of my education, affiliation with a professional association, and past relevant work experience, I fulfill the requirements to be an independent qualified person for the purposes of NI 43-101;

6) | I am independent of the issuer, New Gold Inc., as defined in Section 1.5 of NI 43-101;

7) | I am responsible for sections 16.2.1.1 and 16.3.1 of the Technical Report;

8) | I have had no prior involvement with the subject property prior to the commencement of the work required for the Technical Report;

9) | I have read NI 43-101 and the sections of the Technical Report under my responsibility have been prepared in compliance therewith; and

10) | That, as of the effective date of the Technical Report, to the best of my knowledge, information and belief, the sections of the Technical Report under my responsibility contain all scientific and technical information that is required to be disclosed to make the Technical Report not misleading.

Mississauga, Ontario |  |  |  | Adam Coulson [“signed and sealed”] |  |
July 31, 2013 |  |  |  | Adam Coulson, Ph.D., P.Eng. |  |
|  |  |  | Rock Engineering Group Manager |  |
|  |  |  | Senior Associate Rock Mechanics Engineer (AMEC) |  |